Slum Tourism: Developments in a Young Field of Interdisciplinary Tourism Research

Frenzel, Fabian; Koens, Ko

doi:10.1080/14616688.2012.633222

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“…Perhaps unsurprisingly, relatively many papers on urban tourism focus on social, rather than environmental aspects of sustainability. Earlier work already highlighted the negative impacts tourism can have on the quality of life in often visited cities like Venice, or in areas, where tourism is developing rapidly and rather uncontrolled [32]. This seems set to be exacerbated further by the debate on overtourism and tourism-phobia [33].…”

Section: Sustainable Urban Tourismmentioning

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The Discourse on Sustainable Urban Tourism: The Need for Discussing More Than Overtourism

Aall

Koens

2019

Sustainability

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The journal Sustainability has previously published special issues on sustainable tourism and on sustainable cities (both in 2014). This special issue presents recent insights from combining the two research topics. There is some convergence with respect to core challenges that sustainable urban tourism is facing. Firstly, relating to social sustainable development, there is the tension between the quality of life for residents in different ways and the development of cities to benefit the tourism industry. Secondly, relating to environmental sustainable development, there is the tension between residents and their desire for good local environmental standards and visiting tourists that create a number of over-tourism related local environmental problems. Thirdly, there are the challenges that so far have received less attention, but obviously are expected to become crucial in the years to come: The double climate change provides risks to cities from a changing climate and from more ambitious climate policies to come.Sustainability 2019, 11, 4228 2 of 12 what sustainable urban tourism can entail. In doing so, a broad approach to sustainability has been applied by including both the environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainable development.The journal Sustainability has previously published two special issues of relevance in this context-on sustainable tourism [10] and on sustainable cities [11]. This special issue tries to develop insights from these two previous special issues further and combines the perspectives already touched upon in the two previous special issues. Urbanisation and Urban Tourism are IncreasingAccording to EU statistics, urban areas accounted for almost two thirds of the total number of tourist nights spent in EU member states in 2014. Tourism statistics show an increase in urban tourism and higher occupancy rates in urban areas compared to suburban and rural areas [12]. This can be explained by at least three driving factors. Firstly, by a general global increase in mobility; i.e., a combination of an increase in mobility demand from both the private and public consumers, and an increase in mobility supply by means of an increased mobility capacity of all means of transportation, in particular aviation [13]. Secondly, an increasing share of the world's population live in urban settlements, and these figures are expected to increase further. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) presents on a regular basis estimates on urbanisation prospects, with the latest being published in 2018. According to DESA, 55 % of the world's population are residing in urban areas in 2018, which can be compared with a corresponding figure of 30 % in 1950 and an expectancy of 68 % in 2050. According to DESA, this development is mainly driven by population increases and by the upward shift in the percentage living in urban areas [14]. Thirdly, business trips, which are included in the above cited statistics, usually take place in urban areas [15]. This segment of tourism ha...

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Section: Sustainable Urban Tourismmentioning

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The Discourse on Sustainable Urban Tourism: The Need for Discussing More Than Overtourism

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Koens

2019

Sustainability

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“…Una vez ubicada espacialmente esta práctica turística en un contexto urbano específico, diversas disciplinas han trabajado alrededor de este fenómeno cuya discusión se ha enmarcado en diferentes abordajes conceptuales. Uno de ellos a partir del análisis de casos de estudio principalmente donde se originó esta práctica turística como son los asentamientos de Sudáfrica y el turismo de favelas en Brasil (Frenzel & Koenz, 2012), la característica común en ambos casos es la historia de pobreza y violencia que representan y sobre la cual se desarrolla la práctica turística.…”

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Percepción del paisaje desde la mirada del turista de algunos espacios de transformación urbana de Medellín, Colombia

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Sepúlveda

Gómez

2018

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Palabras claveTransformaciones urbanas, relaciones comunicacionales y comerciales, territorios informales, slum tourism, actitud de la población. KeywordsUrban transformations, communication and trade relations, informal territories, slum tourism, population's attitude. Palavras-chaveTransformações urbanas, relações comunicacionais e comerciais, territórios informais, slum tourism, atitude da população.

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“…Slum tourism is increasingly popular, and in destinations like Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro it has all but become part of mainstream tourism (Frenzel & Koens, 2012). Although differences can be observed between slum tourism offerings in different localities, one thing that unites them is the importance placed on experiencing local life, as lived by economically poor local residents.…”

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“Breaking the Silence”: Local Perceptions of Slum Tourism in Dharavi

Slikker¹,

Koens²

2015

Tourism Review International

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Slum tourism has been criticized for potentially exploiting the communities it visits. While the daily life of residents is the primary attraction of slum tourism, they do not receive any remuneration. Given the heated debate surrounding this topic, it is surprising that the perspective of residents remains largely unknown. This article aims to address this lacuna, by providing insights into the perceptions that residents have on slum tourism in Dharavi slum, India. It is unique in that it explicitly addresses host perceptions towards slum tourism enterprises as well as charitable activities funded through slum tourism. Insights were gained through 74 semistructured interviews, conducted in the most visited areas of the slum. Four different resident perspectives are recognized: apprehensive, positive, indifferent, and skeptical. Over time, residents in Dharavi become less excited by the presence of tourists, but they do not develop a negative attitude to them. Although residents are not without criticism of tourism, and there is a lack of knowledge on tourism's contribution to community development projects, they do not view tourism as exploitative. The struggle for Dharavi will be to ensure tour operators will continue to operate in a way sensitive to the local community, as tourist numbers and competition increases.

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Slum Tourism: Developments in a Young Field of Interdisciplinary Tourism Research

Cited by 87 publications

References 33 publications

The Discourse on Sustainable Urban Tourism: The Need for Discussing More Than Overtourism

The Discourse on Sustainable Urban Tourism: The Need for Discussing More Than Overtourism

Percepción del paisaje desde la mirada del turista de algunos espacios de transformación urbana de Medellín, Colombia

“Breaking the Silence”: Local Perceptions of Slum Tourism in Dharavi

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